French frigate Harmonie (1796)
Career (France) | |
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Name: | Harmonie |
Builder: | Bordeaux |
Laid down: | May 1794 |
Launched: | early 1796 |
Completed: | May 1796 |
Fate: | Beached and burnt to avoid capture by the British Navy in April 1797 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Virginie class frigate |
Displacement: | 720 tonnes |
Length: | 47.4 m (156 ft) |
Beam: | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
Armament: | 44 guns |
Armour: | Timber |
The Harmonie was a 44-gun Virginie class frigate of the French Navy.
She was beached and scuttled by fire at Saint Domingue on 16 April 1797 to avoid captured by HMS Thunderer and HMS Valiant
References
- Dictionnaire de la flotte de guerre française, Jean-Michel Roche.